Tales of a broken vessel

[MagicKite]

CV-Argonauta

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The Argonauta finally reached Cologne. A very long flight, for everyone.
Valentina separated from Iris as soon as they reached the system, where Iris continued the road to Krefeld, meanwhile Valentina went on Heisenberg Research Station. She would observe everything from the shadows of the Research station, while trying to explore a bit more the Rheinland unlawful world.

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Iris, along side with the Argonauta's escorts, managed to reach Krefeld's docks, where most of the mercenaries left, as expected.
Meanwhile the core crew remained on Krefeld, in the assigned rooms by the Unioners, Iris saw this as an opportunity to get to know the newly made partners, and what better place than the station's bar.
Going around the station, it was obvious a difference in technology, as the Unioner's technology seemed to differ from the Black Market one Iris is used to, but quite similar to what the lawful forces are seen to deploy. So it was indeed very interesting to stay there and explore, while the Argonauta was getting the repairs completed.

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Valentina reached Heisenberg, with her small escort, where she moored the CV-Saturn, the only Frigate class the Argonauta's defense and logistics wing, aswell as being one of the most armed vessel within the ranks.
The Saturn was moored to perform some maintenance work ,as the long flight was pretty intensive for the vessel, as it's not usually used for this type of flight.
The team undocked and went to rent the necessary number of rooms on the station, to be able to rest after this journey, but Valentina's curiosity of the Rheninland underworld is taking over the lack of sleep, so she decided to go at the station's market, to see what is going on.
As she arrived there, she was able to see a very different view from the usual one on Sierra or Barrier Gate; different people, different technology for sale: a simply very different environment.
Making her way through the people, she found this broker, with whom, she stood there over half an hour to negociate, the acquisition of 3 not so new vessels, RH-GM32 "Odin Mk. I" Rheinland Black Market Very Heavy Fighter, RH-GM07 "Loki Mk. I" Rheinland Black Market Heavy Fighter and RH-GM72 "Thor Mk. I" Rheinland Black Market Bomber. She got those for under ten millions credits, so it was quite a bargain.
The vessels all work, but unfortunately are old and require the necessary repairs, aswell as improvements.
Maybe the Unioners are aware of those vessels better than the Saturn's crew, so Valentina informed Iris about this, with the hopes to manage to have at least those working properly.